The player should get two trainers during the course of the game.

>The protagonist, confined by the story to be a certain age. Limited customization.

This allowed new players to see tutorials and allowes GF to do their story bullshit

>A custom pass like Battle Revolution to use in the online Battle Mode. Every trainer class is now fully 3D and modeled. We can change hair, skin, colors of everything, clothes, facial hair, stance, quotes, etc etc.

This allows everyone a chance to truly customize a trainer so online battles arent all the same kid from a parralel dimension